SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4i manual

Rev . 1.0b AOC-USAS-L4i AOC-USAS-L4iR USER'S GUIDE 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C [...]

ii Add-on Card User's Guide The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organizatio[...]

iii Safety Information and T echnical Specifications T able of Contents Introduction Overview ........................................................................................................... vii Product Features ............................................................................................... vi i Operating Systems Support[...]

iv Add-on Card User's Guide 3-1 1 Clearing a Storage Configuration ..................................................................... 3-16 Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and Installatio n 4-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 4-1 Crea[...]

v Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 6-8 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration ............................................................. 6-18[...]

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vii Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Introduction Overview This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS-L4i and/or the AOC- USAS-L4iR add-on cards to their system. Produ ct Fea tures The AOC-USAS-L4i and the AOC-USAS-L4iR add-on cards off[...]

viii Add-on Card User's Guide Conta cting Supe rMicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (T echnical Support) Web Site: www .supermicro.com Europe Address: SuperMicro [...]

1-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines T o avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Saf ety G uidelin es Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. T o prevent dam- age[...]

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2-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A [...]

2-2 Add-on Card User's Guide 2-2 Fro nt Co nnector and Pi n De finitions #3. Active LED Connector Allows the add-on card to display activity and status using a standard LED panel. #1. Internal SAS Connector The Internal SAS port (J3) connects to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives and RAID capabili- ties. This con[...]

2-3 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 2-3 Fro nt J umper Loca tions and Pin Defi nitions Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Settings Note SWR5 1-2: Enabled 3: Disabled Enables or Disables Software Raid 5 AOC-USAS-L4iR only . Leave disabled for AOC-USAS-L4i 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB E[...]

2-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Front Pane LEDs LED ST A TE SPECIFICA TION LED1 Flashing SAS Port Activity LED2 Flashing Heartbeat and Fault LNP0 ON Fault in HHD #0 LNP1 ON Fault in HHD #1 LNP2 ON Fault in HHD #2 LNP3 ON Fault in HHD #3 LNP4 ON Fault in HHD #4 LNP5 ON Fault in HHD #5 LNP6 ON Fault in HHD #6 LNP7 ON Fault in HHD #7 A0 Flashing Nor[...]

2-5 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications RAID Minimum Drive Requirements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 2 RAID 5* 3* RAID 10 4 (2 RAID 1 Arrays) Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment. * Raid 5 is supported by the AOC-USAS-L4iR add-on card.[...]

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3-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Chapter 3 Driver Installation The MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility (CU) is used to configure disk arrays and logical drives and to do other configuration tasks in a pre-bootenvironment. 3-1 Per forming a Quic k Co nfigurati on This section provides high level instructions for quickly con?[...]

3-2 Add-on Card User's Guide 3-2 Con figuring Arr ays a nd L ogic Drive s This section provides detailed instructions for configuring arrays and logical drives with the MegaRAID BIOS CU. LSI recommends that you use drives with the same capacity when you create a storage configuration. If you use drives with different capacities in one array[...]

3-3 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Note: When you start the MegaRAID BIOS CU by pressing Ctrl-H the Configuration Manager Module of the BIOS allocates three segments of memory using either PMM or conventional memory: these are the Destination Segment, Scratch Segment, and Read W rite Buffer Segment. If the three segments are not[...]

3-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 3-2: Logical Drive Configu ration 8. Highlight RAID and press Enter . The available RAID levels for the current logical drive are displayed. 9. Select a RAID level for the logical drive and press Enter . 10. (Optional) Change the drive’s default W rite Cache and Read Ahead policies (see Section 3-3, “Se[...]

3-5 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Follow these steps to configure a disk array using the New Configuration or View/ Add Configuration option: 1. Select Configuration→ New Configuration or Configuration→ View/Add Configu - ration from the Management Menu. If you selected New Configuration, select Y es to proceed. (Thi[...]

3-6 Add-on Card User's Guide 9. Select a RAID level for the logical drive and press Enter . 10. (Optional) Set the logical drive size by highlighting Size and Enter . The minimum valid logical drive size is 64 Mbytes. An error will appear if you try to create a logical drive that is smaller 64 Mbytes. By default, all the available space in the[...]

3-7 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 3. Select an unconfigured drive or Ready drive from the list, and press Enter . 4. When the Physical Drive Property menu appears, select Make Hot Spare and press Enter . 5. Select Y es from the pop-up menu to create the hotspare drive. Note: T o remove a hotspare drive, perform steps 1 and 2 ab[...]

3-8 Add-on Card User's Guide 5. After the initialization is complete, press Esc to return to previous menus. If you press Esc while initialization is in progress, the following options appear: – Stop: (Available only if AutoResume is enabled on the adapter: Management Menu→ Objects→ Adapter→ AutoResume.) The initialization is stopped, [...]

3-9 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 4. Select Y es at the prompt and press Enter . The CU displays a bar graph showing the initialization progress. 5. When initialization completes, press Esc to return to the previous menu. If you press Esc while initialization is in progress, the Stop, Continue, and Abort options are available, a[...]

3-10 Add-on Card User's Guide 3. Use the arrow key to select Off or On for Disk WC (DWC) or Read Ahead. 4. When you see the prompt Change DWC or Change Read Ahead, use the arrow key to select Off or On, then press Enter to change the cache setting. The settings are changed for all logical drives defined on the array . 3-4 Reb uilding a Dr ive[...]

3-1 1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 4. When rebuild is complete, the CU displays the message: Rebuilding of Drive X Completed Successfully . Press Esc. (X = the ID of the rebuilt drive.) 5. Press Esc to display the Management Menu. The state of the rebuilt disk drive changes from F AIL to ONLIN. If you press Esc while the rebuil[...]

3-12 Add-on Card User's Guide • CU menus such as Select Boot Drive, Select Adapter , and Logical Drive menus will completely or partially close when a drive is inserted or removed. • If a Rebuild is in progress when you insert or remove a drive, the CU will first display the message Rebuilding Of Drive Not Complete! Press Esc.. followed b[...]

3-13 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 4. Press F10. 5. At the prompt, select Y es to start the Check Consistency process and press Enter . A graph shows the progress of the Check Consistency operation until it is complete. If the MegaRAID BIOS CU finds any data inconsistencies while comparing the source and target drives, it fixe[...]

3-14 Add-on Card User's Guide Viewing and Chan ging Adapter Prop erties T o view or change adapter properties, follow these steps: 1. On the Management Menu, select Objects→ Adapter . 2. Select an adapter from the list. The following list of adapter properties appears: 1. The Disk coercion property can be accessed only when no configuration[...]

3-15 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties T o view or change logical drive properties, follow these steps: 1. On the Management Menu, select Objects → Logical Drive. 2. Select View/Update Parameters. The only logical drive properties you can change are Disk WC (Disk Write Cache) and Read [...]

3-16 Add-on Card User's Guide 3-9 Con figuring a Boo table Logi cal Drive The default boot logical drive is LD 0. If you change the boot drive to another logi- cal drive, the BIOS and the CU will preserve this change. However , if you delete the new boot logical drive, you must be sure to configure another logical drive for booting. The Mega[...]

4-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a configuration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID Software. This chapter provides a brief overview of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software and explains how to install[...]

4-2 Add-on Card User's Guide Y ou can use the Configuration Wizard Auto Configuration mode to automatically create the best possible configuration with the available hardware. Y ou can use the Guided Configuration mode, which asks you a few brief questions about the configu- ration, and then creates it for you. Or you can use the Manual C[...]

4-3 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 4-3 Ins tallati on This section explains how to install (or reinstall) MegaRAID Storage Manager soft- ware on your workstation or server for the supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SUSE Linux. 5.3.1 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows [...]

4-4 Add-on Card User's Guide 4. Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the screen, select an installation option: – If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage configura - tions. – If you select Only for curr[...]

4-5 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Figure 4.2: Customer Information Screen 7. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text. – Normally , you would select Complete if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a server . – Select Client if you are installing MegaRAID Storage [...]

4-6 Add-on Card User's Guide If you select Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers, and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet (that is, servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software), you cannot connect to a remote server unless you first edit the startupui.b[...]

4-7 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Linux Error Messages One or more of the following messages may appear while you are installing Mega- RAID Storage Manager software on a Linux system: • More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been in - stalled. This message indicates that the user has installed more than on[...]

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5-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus This chapter explains how to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and de- scribes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window and menus. 5-1 Sta rting Mega RAID Stor age M anager Sof tware Follow these steps to start MegaRAID Storage Manager softwar[...]

5-2 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 5-1: Select Server Window If the circle in the server icon is yellow instead of green, it means that the server is running in a degraded state—for example, because a disk drive used in a virtual disk has failed. If the circle is red, the storage configuration in the server has failed. Note: T o access ser[...]

5-3 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Figure 5-2: Select Server Window 3. Select an access mode from the drop-down menu. – Select Full Access if you need to both view the current configuration and change the configuration. – Select View Only if you need to only view and monitor the configuration. 4. Enter your user name and p[...]

5-4 Add-on Card User's Guide 5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window , which is shown in Figure 5-3. The following topics describe the panels and menu options that appear in this window .[...]

5-5 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Physi cal/Logic al View Pane l The left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays either the Physical view or the Logical view of the system and the devices in it, depending on which tab is selected. • The Physical view shows the hierarchy of physical devices in the system. At the [...]

5-6 Add-on Card User's Guide Prope rties/Op erations /Graphic al View Panel The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has either two or three tabs, depending on what kind of device is selected in the left panel. • The Properties tab displays information about the selected device. For example, if a controller icon is selected in [...]

5-7 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Menu Bar Here are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage Man- ager menu bar . File Menu The File menu has an Exit option for exiting from the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. It also has a Rescan option for updating the display in the MegaRAID Storage Manager window [...]

5-8 Add-on Card User's Guide Log M enu The Log menu includes options for saving and clearing the message log. Help Menu On the Help menu you can select Help -> Help to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help file. Y ou can select Help -> About to view version information for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. Note: Wh[...]

6-1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Chapter 6 Configuration Y ou use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and modify storage configurations. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 storage configurations are supported. Important: LSI recommends that you do not use both SAS and SA T A drives in the same array . Using differen[...]

6-2 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-1: First Screen Configur ation Wiz ard The menu lists three configuration modes: • Auto Configuration automatically creates an optimal configuration from the avail - able disk drives. • Manual Configuration gives you the greatest level of control in creating a new virtual disk. • Guided Configu[...]

6-3 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications The following subsections explain how to use the Configuration Wizard to create storage configurations: • “Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters” • “Using Auto Configuration” • “Using Guided Configuration” • “Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0” • “Using Manual Co[...]

6-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Auto Configuration Auto Configuration is the quickest and simplest way to create a new storage configu- ration. When you select Auto Configuration mode on the first Configuration Wizard screen, the Configuration Wizard creates the best configuration possible using the available physical disks. Figure [...]

6-5 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 2. Select an initialization option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the window: – No Initialization: The new configuration is not initialized, and the existing data on the disks is not overwritten. – Fast Initialization: MegaRAID Storage Manager software quickly writes zeroes to the[...]

6-6 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-3: First Guided Congura tion Scr een Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Guided Configuration mode: 1. Select a redundancy option at the top of the Guided Configuration window: – Redundancy Only: Create a configuration only if redundancy (RAID 1) is pos - sible. – Redundancy[...]

6-7 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 3. Select a maximum number of virtual disks to be created. The Configuration Wizard may not be able to create as many virtual disks as you want, depending on the current configuration and the number of virtual disks that have already been created. 4. Click Next to continue to the next window ,[...]

6-8 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manua l Confi guration : RAID 0 Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard. Figure 6-5 shows the first screen that appears when you select Manual Configura - tion. 1. In the first Manual Configuration window , select two [...]

6-9 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Figure 6-6: Manual Config uration - Defi ning a Virtual D isk The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array that you just defined, plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new configuration. 4. From the Arrays with Free Space menu, select the array to u[...]

6-10 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manua l Confi guration : RAID 1 Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard: 1. In the first Manual Configuration window , shown in Figure 6-5, select two avail - able drives in the left panel. Click the Right Arrow button [...]

6-1 1 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 4. T o remove a hotspare from an array , select it in the right panel and click Remove HotSpare. 5. Click Next. The next Configuration Wizard window appears, as shown in Figure 6.6. The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array(s) that you just defined, plus any existing arrays with ho[...]

6-12 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manua l Confi guration : RAID 5 Follow these steps to create a RAID 5 storage configuration using the Manual Con - figuration mode of the Configuration Wizard. Remember that RAID 5 requires: • AOC-USAS-L4iR card with the enabled SWR5 jumper enabled • activated Super Micro iButton • minimum of three[...]

6-13 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications Using Manua l Confi guration : RAID 10 Follow these steps to create a RAID 10 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard: 1. In the first Manual Configuration window , shown in Figure 6-5, select two avail - able drives in the left panel. Click t[...]

6-14 Add-on Card User's Guide 10. Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. Note: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined. 1 1. Click Next to continue with the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk Sum - mary window appears. 12. Review the configuration shown in the wind[...]

6-15 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 6-3 Cha nging Adjust able T ask Rate s Follow these steps if you need to change the adjustable rates for rebuilds and other system tasks that run in the background: Note: LSI recommends that you leave the adjustable task rates at their default set - tings to achieve the best system performance.[...]

6-16 Add-on Card User's Guide 6-4 Cha nging Virtual Disk Pro perties Y ou can change a virtual disk’s Read Policy , Write Policy , and other properties at any time after the virtual disk is created. T o do this, follow these steps: 1. Select a virtual disk icon in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window . 2. In the right panel,[...]

6-17 Safety Information and T echnical Specifications 6-6 Sav ing a S torage Co nfigurati on to Dis k Y ou can save an existing controller configuration to a file so you can apply it to another controller . T o save a configuration file, follow these steps: 1. Select a controller icon in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window .[...]

6-18 Add-on Card User's Guide 6-8 Addi ng a Sav ed S torage Con figurati on When you replace a controller , or when you want to duplicate an existing stor- age configuration on a new controller , you can add a saved configuration to the controller . Caution: When you add a saved configuration to a replacement controller , be sure that the [...]